NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday told the Lok Sabha that 39 posts of chairman and directors are lying vacant at IITs and NITs and 147 faculty posts are unfilled in centrally-funded IIITs.
“At present, eight posts of chairman at IITs and 21 posts of chairman at NITs are vacant. Further, five posts of directors in IITs and five posts in NITs are vacant. The nomination and selection of chairman and other posts is a continuous process,” he said in a written response to a question.
Pradhan also said yoga training has been included in the ‘Study in India’ programme to encourage learners from abroad and the Maharshi Rashtriya Ved Vidya Pratisthan in Ujjain is considering setting up a new academic board for oral vedic traditions with modern subjects. He informed the House that yoga departments have been established in nine central universities.
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